Night of Museums 2015 – Music in the Night

On Saturday 16th May, Estonian museums will open their doors for visitors for a night of special events and exhibitions, celebrating the Night of Museums in Estonia for the seventh year running. In 2015, the Museum Night will take place under an umbrella theme of Music in the Night - or, in Estonian, Öös on muusikat. Last year, 84 000 people partcipated in Night of Museums, which was an all-time attendance record for the event.

Since a wide variety of museums and other cultural organizations participate in the special programme, the Night of Museums makes it possible to discover a wide variety of perspectives on the topic. Music does not just encompass singing, dancing and music, it can also stand for articulation and acoustics, vibration and ring tones, and even silence. How are sounds born? How do our ears receive them? How does math help us understand music?

According to Laura Kipper, one of the main organisers of the big museum event, there are more and more tourists visiting Museum Night events across Estonia. "Visitors from Finland, Latvia and Russia have definitely discovered our Museum Night and our museums are recognising this as well, trying to provide more English tours and events during the night – or to make sure the event can be enjoyed to the full regardless of what language you speak."

For tourists staying in Tallinn centre, the programme of the Museum Night is always just a few steps away: most of Tallinn centre museums are participating in the programme. “Ask your hotel reception for advice – they will be able to point you to the nearest participating museum, and there will be Museum Night programmes available at most museums. For example Lai Street in Tallinn Old Town has a new exciting museum in almost every 100 steps” adds Ms Kipper.

Tourists willing to drive out of Tallinn might consider either the beautiful Viinistu Art Museum on the Northern coast – an evening there will include piano concerts and a light and music installation programme. Another option is travelling to the spa city Haapsalu in the North Western coast of Estonia, which has five exciting museums open during the Museum Night, from Haapsalu Episcopal Castle to the magical Ilon Wikland book illustration discovery centre and the romantic old Haapsalu train station turned Railway Museum.

The museums participating in the programme will open their doors from 6 pm to 11 pm and during this time the entrance will be free – in previous years the number on participating museums has been more than a hundred. Every year the participating number of archives, galleries, churces, organizations who deal with knowledge, history and memory has grown. Special programs for the Night of Museums have been in preparation since the beginning of the year and they will be available online April the latest.

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Night of Museums 2015 – Music in the Night

On Saturday 16th May, Estonian museums will open their doors for visitors for a night of special events and exhibitions, celebrating the Night of Museums in Estonia for the seventh year running. In 2015, the Museum Night will take place under an umbrella theme of Music in the Night - or, in Estonian, Öös on muusikat. Last year, 84 000 people partcipated in Night of Museums, which was an all-time attendance record for the event.

Since a wide variety of museums and other cultural organizations participate in the special programme, the Night of Museums makes it possible to discover a wide variety of perspectives on the topic. Music does not just encompass singing, dancing and music, it can also stand for articulation and acoustics, vibration and ring tones, and even silence. How are sounds born? How do our ears receive them? How does math help us understand music?

According to Laura Kipper, one of the main organisers of the big museum event, there are more and more tourists visiting Museum Night events across Estonia. "Visitors from Finland, Latvia and Russia have definitely discovered our Museum Night and our museums are recognising this as well, trying to provide more English tours and events during the night – or to make sure the event can be enjoyed to the full regardless of what language you speak."

For tourists staying in Tallinn centre, the programme of the Museum Night is always just a few steps away: most of Tallinn centre museums are participating in the programme. “Ask your hotel reception for advice – they will be able to point you to the nearest participating museum, and there will be Museum Night programmes available at most museums. For example Lai Street in Tallinn Old Town has a new exciting museum in almost every 100 steps” adds Ms Kipper.

Tourists willing to drive out of Tallinn might consider either the beautiful Viinistu Art Museum on the Northern coast – an evening there will include piano concerts and a light and music installation programme. Another option is travelling to the spa city Haapsalu in the North Western coast of Estonia, which has five exciting museums open during the Museum Night, from Haapsalu Episcopal Castle to the magical Ilon Wikland book illustration discovery centre and the romantic old Haapsalu train station turned Railway Museum.

The museums participating in the programme will open their doors from 6 pm to 11 pm and during this time the entrance will be free – in previous years the number on participating museums has been more than a hundred. Every year the participating number of archives, galleries, churces, organizations who deal with knowledge, history and memory has grown. Special programs for the Night of Museums have been in preparation since the beginning of the year and they will be available online April the latest.